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ice9freak |
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January 16, 2011 02:01:26pm |
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Alaska 1980 |
So I've just finished listening to all three nights (6/19, 6/20, 6/21) and am plotting a review for 6/20, which I think is the strongest night. (Mama Tried actually steals the first half of set 1 followed later by a mid-set Let it Grow that doesn’t let up. The FOTD in this set is also not to be overlooked. Set II looks plain on paper, but each song is nicely jammed, with a particularly great journey from Estimated into The Other One, and even Don't Ease Me In has some extra kick to it. The band sounds generally inspired.)
Was anybody at these shows? I'd love to hear some recollections/hallucinations. Who is wailing and screaming during 6/21's Space? Did the house management raise a fuss every night about smoking etc.? The MC who intros nights 2 and 3 sounds overly concerned but the audience sounds jubilant to be far North with the boys.
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micah6vs8 |
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January 16, 2011 03:26:18pm |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
Not to sound hysterical, but the first set of 6-20-80 was one of the best, the last half of GD career.
Straw is solid. Franklin's sparkles. The cowboy, polka tandem is spicy. Enemies of the plinky keyboard sound stay clear of FOTD. Otherwise it's very good. Evocative. This whole show has its own sound and feel. LIG and Althea are foundational versions for me. ETLY.. Solid Sailor & Saint. I do not like Deal in general, but this is one I listen to. For the '80-'95 time frame, it doesn't get much better.
The second set is O.K.
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1980-06-20.sbd.bertha.tetzeli.fix-25468.73846.reflac.flac16
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deadmax |
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January 16, 2011 06:25:55pm |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
It's one of my favorite 1st sets and the Althea is the one I always go to when I want to hear it played just exactly perfectly.
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gumby69 |
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January 17, 2011 12:09:34pm |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
Deadmax: "It's one of my favorite 1st sets and the Althea is the one I always go to when I want to hear it played just exactly perfectly."
I feel the same way about 3-28-81 Grugahalle. That Althea is the one to which i base all others. That whole first set is great and actually better than the second (jerry seemed too wasted in the second, in this case not a positive).
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deadmax |
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January 17, 2011 03:01:22pm |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
I'll give that one a listen. Thanks for the head's up.
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DeadRed1971 |
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January 16, 2011 06:32:26pm |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
Polka? I never heard that about Franklin's before. You know its actually based on the doo-dodoo-dodoo singing of Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side.
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patkelleyPA |
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January 16, 2011 09:53:46pm |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
you don't like Deal??
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micah6vs8 |
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January 17, 2011 02:04:57pm |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
Yes PK, a tune that did get much better with age, sets my teeth on edge. I have no rational reason. It has all the ingredients for a good tune, but leaves me personally cold.
Except live. I really liked it live. Wacky dhead.
Happy New Year and such PK. Hope you are doing well.
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patkelleyPA |
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January 18, 2011 08:41:05am |
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Re: Alaska 1980 |
craziness dude. i'm rocking out here. hope you're doing well as well.
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